Man&#39;s undergarment



March 25, 1941. A. MfRElS IANS UNDERGARMENT Original Filed May 22. 1959 I INVENTO R JZPTHUQM/LE/fi BY KW ATTO RN EYS Patented 25, 1941 UNITED s'rA ras- PATENT, oar-"ice Robert Rois & tion of New Yo:

km, New York, N. 1., a corporaoi-mm application May 22, 1930. Serial No. 274,959. I Divided and this application March "I,

194., Serial No. 322,651

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-234) The invention relates to mens undergarments and is equally applicable to garments of general type which are either those known as "shorts," those which embody leg structures of comparatively short lengths, overlying only a portion of the thighs of the wearer, or those having leg structures which extend the full length oi the body to the ankles The present application is a division of my co-pending application,

Serial No. 274,999, tiled May 22, 1939.

More particularly, the invention relates to a construction of an undergarment in which a front section, usually constituting a gore, is made of two overlying piles of material, which front section, when the garment is worn, overlies the private parts of the body and usually extends to substantially the elastic waistband of the garment.

In structures of this type of undergarment, no

conventional form of fly opening is provided, it

being necessary to insert the hand at the elongated opening at one side of the gore, so that the hand is disposed between the plies of material, and then to pull aside the bank ply to substan'tlally the position of the opening in the side of the gore and thus provide a means of egress for the private part of the body from the garment.

ull he object of the present invention is to provide a construction of undergarment of this general type, in which an easy means of egress is provided through the material of the garment, eliminating this objectionable feature of the prior structures. In its broadest aspects, the invention resides in providing an elongated aperture in the underlying ply of the duplex gore, the aperture being so placed that it extends from a point of anchorage at an angle to, or across, in a firm edge oi? the garment material, for instance the tape constituting one side edge of the gore, or the waistband of the garment, constituting the upper edge of the gore. In accordance with the invention, the elongated aperture is circumscribed by elastic stitching, or stitching enclosing an elastic cord, which will impart to the aperture suiflcient resiliency, as distinguished from the comparatively small degree of elasticity of the fabric itself, to bring the aperture back to itsnormcll, substantially closed, condition after it has been stretched. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention illustrated in my aforesaid copending application, the elastic elongated aperture is anchored to one of the substantially inelastic tapes constituting the sides of the duplex gore, while in the instant case, the anchoring is eirected in the waistband of the garment. I'his wearer of the garment, without evidencing any 10 external indication of the presence of such opening when the garment is on the body.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated a specific embodiment of my invention, in which an elastic opening is applied to the double .ply front section of the garment, in a position in which it is anchored at the waistband of the garment and extends therefrom in the general direction of the-wales of the fabric constituting such double ply gore.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front view of a garment in the construction of which my invention has been embodied, Fig. 2 is a view of the garment turned inside out to illustrate the disposition and anchoring of the elongated aperture in the double ply front section or gore; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, in which similar reference characters identify similar parts in the several views, the garment illustrated comprises a rear or seat section It to which at each side are joined, by stitching I l and I2, front portions t3 and M, respectively. An elastic waistband it extends throughout the upper periphery oi the garment. The sections i0, 13 and II are constituted preferably of knitted material in which the wales extend substantially longitudinally of the garment, thereby imparting to the garment body substantially no vertical resiliency but a transverse resiliency of considerable degree.

The garment is provided with leg structures it and I1 having trimmings IS in the nature of selvages running throughout the leg openings. Such selvages are secured to the edges of the leg openings by lines of stitching I! which may, or may not, include between them an elastic cord.

The central portion or gore section 20, of the garment, extending from th horizontal line of stitching 2| in the crotch portion, to the elastic waistband it, is constituted of two plies of material 22 and 23, the latter overlying the former, the entire-gore being secured on one side by means of the substantially inelastic tape 25 stitched to the front section It through part of its length and forming throughout the remainder 55 oi itslmstmwiththeunderlyingportionoithe section llanopeningeztendingnomthepomt It oisecurement oi thetw lltothepoint-Ii" of such. tape slightly above the horizontal line of stitching ll.

The central gore section tapers. by reason oi the provision of the leg structures, downwardly.

Extending upwardly from the line 01 stitching ii in the crotch portion of the garment. is a "dart" structure generally designated at 21, the i tion and construction 01' which is set forth in my Patent No. 2,140,459, December is, 1938.

chored at the upper extremity of the elongatedaperture to the elastic waistband of the garment and extends generally in the direction of the wales oi the fabric constituting the gore ply.

- The positioning of the elongated aperture and its anchoring to the firm edge of the waistband imparts to the aperture the property or characteristic of ready stretchability and that degree of resilency which will cause it to resume its original position and condition of being substantially closed when the force stretching it has been relieved. By anchoring the elongated aperture, or rather the material forming the same, to a firm edge, it will always return to its original position by reason of its own elasticity as well as the inherent resiliency of the knitted fabric in which it has been produced.

I claim:

l. A man's undergarments having a front gore constituted of two piles of knitted material and adapted to have a portion thereof overlie the private parts of the body when the garment is worn, the wales of at least the underlying ply of mateassists rialextendinl lonlltudinaliy oi the mealtimd flfllll P hlvlns m a s of egress therethrmlshecustitutedoranarromelongatedaperturecircumseribedbyelasticstitchingsndex-' tendingirom a point of anchorage in a tirm edge 01 the garment material and terminating at a point removed iron: any other arm edgeoi such garment material, whereby it will, upon release oi tension applied in spreading it, return to its original narrow. elongated and substantially closed condition and extend throughout a portion of the length of said ply in the general direction of the wales thereof.

2.A man's undergarment having an elastic waistband and a front gore constituted of two piles of knitted material and adapted to have a portion thereof overlie the private parts of the body when the arment is worn, the wales of at least the under ying ply of material extending longitudinally of the gore, said underlying ply having a means .of egress therethrough, constituted of a narrow, elongated aperture circumscribed by elastic stitching and extending from e point of anchorage at the lower edge of the waistband of the garment throughout a portion of the length of said ply and in a direction substantially parallel to the wales thereoi.

3. A mans undergarment having a front gore constituted of two overlying piles of knitted material and adapted to have a portion thereof overlie the private parts of the body when the garment is worn, the underlying ply having a means of egress therethrough, constituted of a narrow, elongated aperture circumscribed by elastic stitching and extending from a point of anchorage in a firm edge of the garment material and terminating at a point removed from any other firm edge of such garment material, whereby it will, upon release of tension applied in spreading it, return to its original narrow, elongated and substantially closed condition.

- ARTHUR M. REIS. 

